Manifolding machine



June 14, 1938. w. c. PFEIFFER MANIFOLDING MACHINE Original Filed Feb. 5, 1936 lfi/VEWTO/P WILL/AM 6'. FFE/FFE/h SW er Patented June 14, 1938 UNITED, STATES MANIFOLDING MACHINE William C. Pteifier, Dayton, Ohio, assignor to The Egry Register Company, Dayton. Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Original application February 5, 1936, Serial No. 62,463. Divided and this application May 22, 1937, Serial No. 144,135

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This invention relates to typing or manifolding machines and the like, and particularly, to devices for making supplemental copies of the record simultaneously with the making of the g, usual copies.

One object of this invention is to providev a typing or similar printing machine having means for producing additional copies of the records at the same time that the regular copies are made.

Another object is to provide a typing or similar printing machine in which a record strip moves transversely to the sheets employed in making the regular copies, this record strip being interposed between the type bars and the regular copies.

Another object is to provide means for making an additional copy of records produced in a machine oi the type described, wherein the machine itself moves over a work bed containing the work sheets, the feeding of the strips for the supplemental record being linked up with and synchronized with the mechanism oi the typing or manlfolding machine.

Another object is to provide mechanism of the type previously described for making an additional copy or" records produced in typing or manlfolding machines, such apparatus being capable of being employed in connection with machines having type bars which engage the record sheets beneath the platen.

This application is a division of my copending application, Ser. No. 62,463, filed February 5, 1936.

The drawing shows an elevation, partly in cross section and partly broken away, of a. machine capable of being moved bodily to and fro over the work, and having means for making a supplemental record in addition to the. regular records.

go I General construction In general, the apparatus of my inventionobtainiinmediately, rather than to wait min {5 the regular copies are returned to the person desiring this information. For example, it is often advisable to obtain production or shipping records, such as the name and address of the customer, the quantity and nature of the goods ordered, the time of delivery and such credit in- 5 formation as may be necessary. These data are recorded in a small area on the regular carbon sheets and simultaneously recorded upon the supplemental record strip, which moves transversely thereto. The supplemental record strips may be m torn ofi from time to time,'and the information thereon transferred to the person requiring it without the necessity of sending that person complete copies of the entire forms made by the machine as a whole. to

.The feeding mechanism for the supplemental copy strips is operatively connected to the typewriter mechanism in such a manner that the two machines are synchronized to work in unison. In a preferred embodiment the feeding mechanism is operated by devices actuated by the motion of the platen of the machine.

In the type of machine shown in the drawing the entire typing assembly is moved to and fro over the work. The record sheets ii and interleaved carbon sheets 6 are shown mounted upon a horizontal bed Ill, having rails it upon which a framework it is movably supported, as by the rollers l3. Arranged to move longitudinally along the framework it and between the rollers it, is the typing machine, generally designated M, and having keys, l5 which byv suitable mechanism transmit their motion to the type levers iii, operating the downwardly-moving type faces l'i.

Mounted on the machine Ml are pack holders l8 and ill, respectively, the former being adapted to hold the paper pack being withdrawn and the latter to receive the strips after they have been inscribed. The typing machine M is also provided with shafts 2i! and it, on which are mounted ribbon spools 22 and 23, adapted to hold a ribbon M. The assembly, comprising the record strip 3 and the carbon strip i, is threaded over the guide roller 25, between the rollers as and 21, and around the guide roller 28 into the space between the ribbon at and the record sheets 5 and 6 on the bed ill. Beyond these the record strip 3 and carbon strip l continue around the guide roller 29, and between the feed rollers 30 and 3|.

The rollers 26, 21,30 and Bi are mounted upon 50 the shafts 32, 33,311 and 35, respectively. The shafts 3d and 35 are geared together, in a manner analogous to that previously described, and are driven such as by the intermeshing plnions 3B andw. The shaft 35 carries a sprocket M. 55

The frame 92 is provided with a rack 6!, which meshes with the corresponding teeth of a, gear 42, mounted upon the shaft it supported by the bracket M on the typing machine it. The gear t2 drives a ratchet 65 through a pawl 48, the ratchet 45 being drivingiy connected to the sprocket ill. The latter drives the sprocket ll upon the feed roller shaft so through the intermediate agency oi the sprocket chain $8.

In the operation of the apparatus shown in the drawing the machine it moves bodily to the right, as the operator operates the keys it. When this occurs, the motion of the machine M causes the rotation of the gear 32 by its engagement with the rack it upon the frame l2, and the sprockets it and M cause the consequent rotation of the feed rollers 30 and Si so that the assembly comprising the supplemental record strip 8 and the carbon strip 6 20 is fed through the machine, past the type faces I1 and out into the receiving holder It. By selecting the proper ratios in the various gears and sprockets it will be seen that the supplemental record strip 3 and its accompanying carbon strip t can be fed at an equal speed but opposite direction of the machine it, so that during the typing operation the strips 3 and 8 remain stationary relatively to the record sheets t.

When the machine it is retracted, however, in order to begin typing a new line, the pawl 66 slips over the ratchet 56, causing the feed rollers 3t and 3! to become temporarily inactive, During the retraction of the machine it, therefore, the strips 3 and t move bodily as a unit with the machine M, hence, travel relatively to the record sheets 5. When the typing of the new line begins and the machine Hi again moves to the right, the feed rollers 86 and it again become operative, and the strips 3 and 6 again are fed relatively to the machine M at an equal speed in the opposite direction.

Optionally, the supplemental record may consist of a strip of thin cardboard, preferably perforated at intervals sothat the strip may. be separated into indexcards and filed in any suitable manner. The main record sheets may be in continuous web form and provided with interleaved carbon sheets, with or without a conventional carbon sheet carrier for moving the carbon sheets back into position for another typing, after one set of forms has been typed.

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as come within the scope of invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In combination, a bed, guides on said 'bed,

a typing machine movable on said guides relatively to said bed for typing a main record sup ported on said bed, means on said typing machine and movable therewith for supporting a continuous supplemental record strip in zigzag folded pack form for motion in a path across said main record, and means responsive to the motion of said typing machine for feeding said Q supplemental record strip past the type members thereof, said supplemental record strip hav ing a width adapted for receiving a single line only of typed characters and being disposed in the same direction as the line of characters being typed.

the claims and the 2. In combination, a bed, guides on said bed, a typing machine movable on said guides relatively to said bed for typing a main record supported on said bed, means on said typing machine and movable therewith for supporting a continuous supplemental record strip in zigzag folded pack'form for motion in a. path across said main record, means for receiving the record strip after the record has been inscribed thereon, and means responsive to the motion of said typing machine for feeding said supplemental record strip past the type members thereof, said supplemental record strip having a width adapted for receiving a single line only of typed characters and being disposed in the same direction as the line of characters being typed.

3. In combination, a bed, guides on said bed, a typing machine movable on said guides relatively to said bed for typing a main record supported on said bed, type members moved in response to the operation of said typing machine, means responsive to the motion of said type members for moving said machine step-by-step relatively to said bed, means on said typing machine and movable therewith for supporting a continuous supplemental record strip in zigzag folded pack form for motion in a path across said main record, and means responsive to the motion'of said typing machine for feeding said supplemental record strip past the type members thereof, said supplemental record strip having a width adapted for receiving a single line only of typed characters and being disposed in the same direction as the line of characters being typed.

s. In combination, a bed, guides on said bed, a typing machine movable on said guides relatively to said bed for typing a main record supported on said bed, type members moved in response to the operation of said typing machine, means responsive to the motion of said type members for moving said machine step-by-step relatively to said bed, means on said typing machine and movable therewith for supporting a continuous supplemental record strip in zigzag folded pack form for motion in a path across said main record, means responsive to the motion of said typing machine for feeding said supplemental record strip past the type memposed in the same direction as the line of charactors being typed.

5. In combination, a bed, a typing machine arranged to move over said bed for typing a main record supported on said bed, means for supp rtin a supplemental record in zigzag fold- WIILIAM C. PFEIFFER. 

